Network Systems Engineering Technical Leader

Cisco; Hyderabad; Presencial; INR 1.200.000 - 2.000.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking engineers to design and maintain advanced hybrid network lab environments. The role involves deploying Cisco Modeling Labs (CML) with physical hardware to emulate campus, WAN, and Data Center architectures.

You will collaborate with software, infrastructure, and QA teams to support reproducible test scenarios, CI/CD pipelines, and network automation use cases. A strong background in Cisco technologies and lab management is required.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Networking, or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Professional experience in network engineering, lab management, or infrastructure operations.
• Hands‑on experience with Cisco Modeling Labs (CML) or similar network emulation platforms.

Responsabilidades

• Design, deploy, and maintain robust hybrid network lab environments combining physical hardware and virtual network topologies using Cisco Modeling Labs (CML).
• Integrate, configure, and troubleshoot Cisco enterprise and Data Center portfolio including Cisco SD‑WAN components and Nexus/MDS switches and firewalls.
• Architect and simulate multi‑tenant WAN, campus, branch, and Data Center fabrics with VXLAN/EVPN and secure segmentation.

Conocimientos

Network engineering

Lab management

Infrastructure operations

Cisco Modeling Labs (CML)

CI/CD pipelines

Network automation

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Networking, or related field

Herramientas

Cisco Modeling Labs (CML)

Nexus switches

MDS storage switches

vManage/vBond/vSmart

Descripción del empleo

Meet the Team

Join a team of network engineering, infrastructure, software development, and quality assurance professionals responsible for building and maintaining advanced network lab environments. The team leverages Cisco Modeling Labs (CML), physical network hardware, and virtualized network platforms to emulate complex enterprise campus, branch, WAN, and Data Center architectures. Together, we enable software development, network automation, testing, and validation across enterprise and Data Center environments.

Meet the Team

Join a team of network engineering, infrastructure, software development, and quality assurance professionals responsible for building and maintaining advanced network lab environments. The team leverages Cisco Modeling Labs (CML), physical network hardware, and virtualized network platforms to emulate complex enterprise campus, branch, WAN, and Data Center architectures. Together, we enable software development, network automation, testing, and validation across enterprise and Data Center environments.

Your Impact

• Design, deploy, and maintain robust hybrid network lab environments combining physical hardware and virtual network topologies using Cisco Modeling Labs (CML).
• Integrate, configure, and troubleshoot Cisco’s enterprise and Data Center portfolio, including Cisco SD‑WAN (vManage/Catalyst SD‑WAN Manager, vBond, vSmart, cEdge/vEdge routers), Catalyst campus and branch switches and routers, Nexus switches, MDS storage switches, and firewalls, alongside third‑party devices and virtual network functions.
• Architect and simulate multi‑tenant WAN, campus, branch, and Data Center fabrics incorporating transport‑independent overlay networks, secure segmentation, application‑aware routing, VXLAN/EVPN fabrics, and data center bridging and switching architectures.
• Collaborate with software engineering, infrastructure, and QA teams to support reproducible test scenarios, CI/CD pipelines, and network automation use cases.
• Optimise lab capacity, performance, resource allocation, and virtualisation nodes to ensure high availability, low‑latency emulation, and efficient utilisation of testing topologies.
• Troubleshoot complex campus and branch wired and wireless networks, SD‑WAN overlay/underlay connectivity, BGP and OSPF routing, data‑center switching fabrics, and virtualisation issues, ensuring timely resolution and comprehensive documentation.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Networking, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Professional experience in network engineering, lab management, or infrastructure operations. (The required number of years should be specified.)
• Hands‑on experience with Cisco Modeling Labs (CML) or similar network emulation and simulation platforms.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Cisco enterprise networking and Data Center technologies, including Catalyst switches and routers, Nexus switches, MDS storage switches, firewalls, and Cisco SD‑WAN components.
• Hands‑on experience with routing protocols such as BGP and OSPF, SD‑WAN overlay/underlay connectivity, network segmentation, VXLAN/EVPN, and Data Center bridging and switching.
• Experience designing and managing hybrid network labs comprising physical devices, virtual network topologies, and third‑party network platforms.
• Familiarity with network automation, CI/CD pipelines, software testing, and validation workflows.

Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint. Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere. We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

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